diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3fc27203..e982a139 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-09-26 Bart Hakvoort <hakvoort@cvs.gnome.org>
+
+	* configure.in: Fix libparted detection in case --as-needed flag is
+	  passed (#357679)
+
 2006-09-25 Bart Hakvoort <hakvoort@cvs.gnome.org>
 
 	* src/jfs.cc: added support for reading of volumelabel
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6288a172..6f51661a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen,          [], AC_MSG_ERROR([*** dl library (libdl) not f
 dnl libparted
 LIBPARTED_VERSION=1.7.1
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libparted >= $LIBPARTED_VERSION)
-LDFLAGS=-lparted
+LIBS_save="$LIBS"
+LIBS="-lparted"
 AC_TRY_RUN(
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <parted/parted.h>
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ int main ()
 	return 1 ;
 }
 ,AC_MSG_RESULT(OK),AC_MSG_ERROR(*** Requires libparted >= $LIBPARTED_VERSION) )
+LIBS="$LIBS_save"
 
 
 dnl GTKMM